Okay, this might take a minute to read, but two of my teammates and I thought up an interesting idea for summer training next year. And we feel like other college runners may have done this before. So 1) If you or anyone you know has ever done this, please tell me how you pulled it off 2) give an honest opinion of how beneficial this could be and 3) best location in the country to do this. I'll stop being vague now and cut to the chase.
So, we're a couple of D3 xc runners, not super good and not in a very good program. But we were all pretty decent in high school and we realize now our summer training had been lacking. Personally, it was hard for me not training with high school teammates in the summer anymore. We really don't have a true XC coach so a lot of the training is made up, which is hard for me to hold myself accountable. Nonetheless, we want to rekindle our running careers and we think possibly traveling to altitude and living/training there will give us a great base going into 2018 XC, and spark our love for running again.
The base of our plan is pretty much 1) either drive a camper or find a cheap apartment/cabin to live in for around 2 1/2 months in the summer 2) find low time-consuming jobs to pay for expenses, but keep them low 3) create a super solid training program, including core, cross training, yoga, stretching, etc. 4) grind like professional runners and 5) document it because it would be awesome.
Like I said, I would just like to hear suggestions on how to pull this off, or if this is even worth it. We're a couple adventure loving guys so we can get a lot out of this. Training suggestions are cool too. I'm just really hoping to find anyone who has done something similar and would like to hear their journey and results. Obviously, we know it's ambitious, and it would be a long time from now. I just want know if anyone thinks it's possible. Sorry this was long but I didn't want to be super vague with the little ideas we have. Thanks!
p.s. Sorry forgot this, yes we are definitely inspired by Once A Runner we know the cabin part. We also know about The Real Maine series, but I think we're looking to go out west.